Sr. OPIR Scientist (On Site)

C-Star Solutions•Alexandria, VA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

C-Star is seeking a Sr. OPIR Scientist to support customers with advanced intelligence analysis for analysts, warfighters, and decision makers. The role supports a research and development team at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency in Springfield, Virginia, from C-Star’s Alexandria location. It is full-time and on-site. An active Top Secret clearance with SCI access is required; a polygraph is preferred. The scientist focuses on exploitation software development, creating software tools and plug-ins to process and exploit spectral, temporal, and infrared (OPIR) data. The work requires understanding sensor capabilities and processing data to make assessments. Tools are tested and prepared for use by the analytic community. The role collaborates with team members and leads scientific rigor in software development applications, with communication and collaboration important to ensuring tools function correctly and effectively.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) and 10 years of relevant experience.
Experience with Python, C++, MATLAB, or IDL.
Active TS/SCI clearance.
Understanding of physics or spectral phenomenology for target-detection algorithm development.
Ability to understand sensor capabilities and process data to make assessments.
Ability to collaborate effectively and communicate with team members.

Nice To Haves

Experience with OPIR data-processing techniques and calibration.
Experience processing and exploiting data and disseminating analysis results to customers.
Master’s degree (MA/MS) in a science or engineering field.
Polygraph.

Responsibilities

Represent contractor leadership in scientific discovery and research of OPIR systems to improve analytical results for policy and warfighter customers within the NSG.
Develop and implement software and tools for improved data processing, calibration, target detection, identification, and characterization.
Develop target-detection algorithms.
Build remote-sensing target-detection algorithms.
Build, test, and validate software and tools.
Document code in proper software deliverables.
Present work in technical forums and analyst exchanges.
Collaborate with other teams within the DoD and IC.
Develop software tools and plug-ins for processing and exploiting spectral, temporal, and infrared (OPIR) data.